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We're live from E3 2017 in Los Angeles!

Posted: 10 Jun 2017 09:45 AM PDT

Oh, how time flies. We are back in Los Angeles to cover the world's biggest gaming event, E3. As ever, you can expect the next week to be full of news about the latest video games and, of course, upcoming consoles like Microsoft's "Project Scorpio."...

Recommended Reading: Netflix trims its library of original shows

Posted: 10 Jun 2017 09:00 AM PDT

'The Get Down,' 'Sense8' Cancellations Signal That Netflix's Originals Are 'Destructible' Daniel Holloway, Variety In the span of about a week, Netflix cancelled both The Get Down and Sense8 -- two noteworthy series from its slate of original show...

Visa dreams of turning your entire home into a cash register

Posted: 10 Jun 2017 07:30 AM PDT

In a world where you can pay for goods with the tap of your phone, send money to anyone with an app and do most of your shopping online, credit cards seem a bit long in the tooth. Visa is looking to toss them almost completely, replacing them with a...

The best flashlight

Posted: 10 Jun 2017 06:00 AM PDT

By Doug Mahoney This post was done in partnership with The Sweethome, a buyer's guide to the best homewares. When readers choose to buy The Sweethome's independently chosen editorial picks, it may earn affiliate commissions that support its work. Re...

The Morning After: Weekend Edition

Posted: 10 Jun 2017 05:00 AM PDT

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Welcome to the weekend. Of course, with E3 unfolding it's hardly a regular weekend. Before the press conferences kick off, however, we'll tell you what to expect and recap Apple's big news for the week.

Sky Q tips and tricks: how to get the most from your set-top box

Posted: 10 Jun 2017 02:00 AM PDT

There's no denying that the way we consume media has changed dramatically over the past few years. With the rise of streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime, entertainment is increasingly on-demand, allowing you to access your favourite movie...

Virgin V6: how to get the most out of your set-top box

Posted: 10 Jun 2017 01:40 AM PDT

In the home TV entertainment market, Sky and Virgin have been competing with each other for years. Then came the rise of streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime, and suddenly everything changed. To stay ahead of the curve, Sky launched t...

BBC iPlayer: tips, tricks and other useful features

Posted: 10 Jun 2017 01:20 AM PDT

The BBC has been at the forefront of broadcasting and entertainment since it launched in March 1922. Just over a decade ago, the broadcaster launched iPlayer, which quickly became one of the most popular ways to download and stream TV and radio shows...

Chrome OS is ready to use printers without the cloud

Posted: 10 Jun 2017 12:14 AM PDT

Despite decades of attempts to straighten out the connections between printers and computers, it's a situation that always (at least for me) seems to have an extra complication. On Chrome OS, ever since launch it has by default relied on Google Cloud...

'Black Panther' trailer previews a technologically advanced Wakanda

Posted: 09 Jun 2017 08:34 PM PDT

Tonight during the NBA Finals Disney/Marvel dropped the first trailer for next year's Black Panther movie. Directed by Ryan Coogler, it will be the first flick to take us into the fictional African nation of Wakanda. Chadwick Boseman takes the title...

'Assassin's Creed Origins' could arrive on October 27th

Posted: 09 Jun 2017 07:51 PM PDT

Ubisoft is expected to launch a new Assassin's Creed at E3 2017, but some Game Informer subscribers who got their next issue early might already have the details the developer plans to announce. Based on photographs of the magazine posted by HungryGh...

Levar Burton is reading to you again on his new podcast

Posted: 09 Jun 2017 06:59 PM PDT

In a world where everyone has a podcast (or two -- you've subscribed to ours, right?), this new one is interesting. Levar Burton is joining the game with a new weekly storytelling podcast that should take millennials right back to their Reading Rainb...

Xbox exec reveals Scorpio has 9GB of RAM available for games

Posted: 09 Jun 2017 05:10 PM PDT

We're still a couple of days away from seeing Microsoft officially reveal its Project Scorpio Xbox, but details continue to dribble out. Xbox & Windows gaming platform VP Mike Ybarra tweeted that the team "Unlocked extra GB of RAM for (game devel...

Walmart Pay will hook new users with instant access to its credit card

Posted: 09 Jun 2017 02:29 PM PDT

When Walmart debuted its own in-house mobile payments service last year, the company was not afraid to roll it out quickly. Walmart Pay arrived in 4,600 stores nationwide in under two months, proving the retail giant could still be nimble -- especial...

GameStop confirms extensive credit card data breach

Posted: 09 Jun 2017 02:05 PM PDT

If you're a GameStop customer, check your mail. The company just sent out letters to online patrons confirming a suspected payment security breach. In April, GameStop said they were looking into a possible data breach that might have put customers'...

Apple deems Pepe 'objectionable' and bans the frog from its App Store

Posted: 09 Jun 2017 01:34 PM PDT

Pepe the Frog is an amphibia non grata at the Apple App Store, according to a rejection letter sent to a developer. The letter, which the developer posted to r/The_Donald subreddit (because of course he did), argues that Pepe is "considered objection...

Apple clarifies how tips should work in iOS apps

Posted: 09 Jun 2017 01:14 PM PDT

After a recent crackdown on tips within various live-streaming and messaging apps -- particularly in China -- it looks as if Apple has finally made it official. If an iOS app allows tipping now, it will have to do so as an in-app purchase. That means...

PCIe 4.0 will be twice as fast as today's slots

Posted: 09 Jun 2017 12:55 PM PDT

We've been hearing about a new PCIe specification since 2011. That seems like an eon ago in technology time. PCI-SIG, the community responsible for maintaining these peripheral input/output (I/O) specifications has finally released the specs for PCI...

Google's reCAPTCHA can tell you're not a bot from your phone

Posted: 09 Jun 2017 12:32 PM PDT

Google's reCAPTCHA has evolved from distorted text, to street numbers, to "I'm not a robot" tickboxes and, most recently, to their new invisible system. And now the company is bringing its bot-fighting program to Android.

Palmer Luckey's virtual border wall: From disruption to dystopia

Posted: 09 Jun 2017 12:00 PM PDT

"Disruption" was one of Silicon Valley's worst buzzwords. But it was the battle cry of the greedy and desperate of coding and grifting. It meant better and faster data harvesting, venture capitalists throwing money at anything convenient to the wealt...

Sony slashes prices on the year's biggest games ahead of E3

Posted: 09 Jun 2017 11:41 AM PDT

If you can't make it to LA this weekend and next week for the open-to-the-public E3, Sony still wants you to have a good time at home. In addition to a week of free access to multiplayer gaming sans a PlayStation Plus subscription (and a $10 discount...

Cortana can be your frugal online shopping assistant

Posted: 09 Jun 2017 11:22 AM PDT

Microsoft's Cortana could already help you with shopping thanks to image search and sales reminders. Now, it might help you get the most for your money too. In the latest Windows 10 Creators Update, Microsoft has rolled out a pilot feature in Microso...

Self-navigating cargo ships will use AI to plot their course

Posted: 09 Jun 2017 11:03 AM PDT

Japanese shipping companies want to build self-navigating cargo ships. Working alongside shipbuilders, their goal is to develop new technology that can predict malfunctions, reduce maritime accidents and improve efficiency.

Elon Musk says all Superchargers will run on solar and battery power

Posted: 09 Jun 2017 10:42 AM PDT

According to a tweet from Elon Musk this morning, Tesla's Supercharger stations are all being converted to solar and battery power. Musk added that eventually, most of them will be completely disconnected from the electricity grid.

Tor Browser 7.0 works harder to protect your anonymity on its own

Posted: 09 Jun 2017 10:21 AM PDT

The latest update for privacy-minded folks' favorite way to surf the web should make others' attempts at tracking what they do even more difficult. The Tor browser's 7. 0 version introduces a sandbox feature that, according to an interview on the Tor...

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